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Old 07-02-2008, 09:59 AM
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I hope wagons make a comeback!
My family vehicle is a Volvo 850 Turbo Wagon.
It has more room than many SUVs and gets
over 20mpg. It's also faster than most SUVs.
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Do whatever you want as long as you can afford it, just don't start asking for gas subsidies when it gets expensive.
Old 07-02-2008, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Malloric,Jul 2 2008, 09:52 AM
Yup, it's a $20 ticket. Hell if I care I hate head sets and will risk the ticket. The hilarious part is it's still perfectly legal to text while driving. If you can't drive while holding a conversation you probably shouldn't be driving. Prioritize your multitasking... it's really easy to tell when most people are driving as their speech pattern is slower and choppier. Not to mention the most distracting thing I've ever done is sneeze... almost rear ended some guy once sneezing.
Only 20 dollars for the first ticket, then i think it's 75 and 150
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Ford analysts say MPG can't be increased by 20xx:
Bullshit. Get it together, it can be done.

Ford analysts say the SUV is finally dead:
They're totally on! Geniuses!
Old 07-02-2008, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Aerodax,Jul 1 2008, 06:10 PM
DEAR GOD, HOW DID WE EVER DO IT BEFORE SUV's!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
When I was a kid my family drove a '72 Ford Galaxy 500 Wagon. I think that beast was longer and heavier than my Dodge Ram. It certainly got worse gas mileage.
Old 07-02-2008, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Malloric,Jul 2 2008, 09:52 AM
If you can't drive while holding a conversation you probably shouldn't be driving. Prioritize your multitasking...
You are a crappier driver when you're on the phone. I know some people refuse to believe this about themselves, but it's true.
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Originally Posted by vader1,Jul 2 2008, 08:19 AM
Don't get bent out of shape. WFO drops in once in a while to brag and talk about how great he is and how everyone else is poo.

I know someone just like him. He has no friends either.
So true. It's too bad he has already bred.

As for SUVs, people who need them will buy them and people who don't, won't.

We have a Suburban and gas could run up to $20 a gallon and I would still need it. Such is life.
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Originally Posted by Popeye,Jul 2 2008, 04:53 AM


only seats 4.... if you use car seats for the kids... dog will fit , i love this wagen and I really do wish Acura sold it....
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Originally Posted by WFO Racer,Jul 1 2008, 07:36 PM
It's always the little cars who whine and bltch how much they hate huge vehicles, how about staying the hell out of the way. When I ride my sportbike on the street, I use a novel approach I avoid big vehicles. I would hate to be all squished in some shlt box ecno car cause I'm penny pinching over a few bucks. It's like flying first class all your life and then being sent to to steerage.

They aint whining and bitching, they are laughing *at* you.

There
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Originally Posted by Triple-H,Jul 2 2008, 08:17 AM
Not all of us are so narrow minded thank you very much...
Sorry! it's just that he pissed me off


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